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Hollywood’s open secret: It’s battling AI — and already addicted to it
As performers protest and studios sue in their war on artificial intelligence, the entertainment industry is deepening its dependence on it. Although few places are better than Hollywood at...
Judge approves Anthropic’s $1.5-billion settlement with authors
Anthropic will pay $1.5 billion to authors whose pirated books it used to train its AI in the largest copyright settlement in U.S. history. Federal Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin in...
They built AI. Now Silicon Valley workers protest its threat to jobs and humanity
Silicon Valley residents are increasingly trying to stop the advance of artificial intelligence, even as the region attracts hundreds of billions of dollars in investment to expand the technology’s...
Sony Music Entertainment files new lawsuit against AI startup Udio
Sony Music Entertainment on Monday filed a new lawsuit against artificial intelligence startup Udio, alleging it infringed on more than 30,000 recordings.Sony said Udio ripped off music recordings from...
This is how Tennessee tries to woo Paramount and other companies away from California
Tennessee propositioned Paramount Skydance, hoping to tempt it to become the next company to leave California.As California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta gathered a coalition of 12 state attorneys general...
SpaceX stock erases all its gains and slides below IPO price in intraday trading
SpaceX stock dropped below its initial public offering price for the first time on Wednesday, signaling dwindling hype around the Elon Musk company.Shares dipped below their IPO price of...
Economists, tech leaders warn AI could bring ‘large-scale job displacement’ and other risks
Many of the smartest people in the world warned governments, companies and people Monday that they need to be ready for the deep impact that artificial intelligence is going...
Billionaire exodus? California drew 10 times more venture capital than any other state this year
Despite concerns that California’s costs and regulations are bad for business, the state has attracted an unprecedented pile of capital this year, and no other state is even close....
Even in the heart of L.A., they still rely on old-fashioned landlines and don’t want to lose them
Living high up in the Hollywood Hills, Peter and Nanci Ellis think of their landline as a lifeline.Most days, cellphone service in their Los Feliz Oaks home near Griffith...
Even in the heart of L.A., they still rely on old-fashioned landlines and don’t want to lose them
Living high up in the Hollywood Hills, Peter and Nanci Ellis think of their landline as a lifeline.Most days, cellphone service in their Los Feliz Oaks home near Griffith...